Abstract

Ambient assisted living (AAL) has the ambitious goal of
improving the quality of life and maintaining independence
of older and vulnerable people through the use of
technology. Most of the western world will see a very
large increase in the number of older people within the
next 50 years with limited resources to care for them.
AAL is seen as a promising alternative to the current care
models and consequently has attracted lots of attention.
Recently, a number of researchers have developed solutions
based on video cameras and computer vision systems
with promising results. However, for the domain to
reach maturity, several challenges need to be faced, including
the development of systems that are robust in the
real-world and are accepted by users, carers and society.
In this literature review paper we present a comprehensive
survey of the scope of the domain, the existing technical
solutions and the challenges to be faced.

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